Calendar



R. C. LAPE Feb. 24. 1925.

CALENDAR Filed April.; 9, `.1924

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BY I vLAToRNEs/fy` `Patented F eb. 24, 1925.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

RUSSELL C. LAPE, VOIF COLUMBUS, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE COLUMBUS 'VENDING- C0., OF COLUMBUS, OHIO, A CORPORATION 0F OHIO.

CALENDAR. i

Application led April 9, 1924. Seria] No. 705,267.l

adaptable to coin control and capable of presenting a neat compact appearance.

A further object of my invention is the provision of a calendar which will be useful over a great number of years, whose period capacity may be decreased or increased as desired, as well as one capable of ready manipulation, whose operation may be easily understood withV but simple instructions, a-nd whose construction is such as to promote great durability and long effective life.V

l/Vith these and other objects in mind my invention resides ina calendar which I will now proceed to describe with respect to the accompanying drawings which form a part of this specification, and wherein,-

Figure l is a front elevation of my improved device,

Figure 2 is a horizontal section taken centrally therethrough,

Figure 3 is a vertical section taken centrally therethrough,

Figure t is a detail front View of the apertured front plate removed,

Figure 5 is a side view thereof,

Figure 6 is a front view of the rotating dial,

Figure 7 is a partial front view of the dial in the nature of a diagram showing the relation between the dial and the body plate of the calendar in one position of the dial, and

Figure 8 is a partial side view of the dial housing at one side.

Referring now to these figures my invention proposes a calendar including a rotating dial 10 disposed between an apertured front plate 11 and a stationary back plate 12 of which the front plate 11 is of slightlyr reduced diameter with respect to the dial 10 so that the marginal portion of the dial 10 is thus exposed entirely around the front plate. The back plate 12 is of materially increased diameter with respect to thefdial 10 so that there is thus exposed a substantial annular iield of the back plate 12 which as seen in Figure 1 is divided by a series of radial lines 13 into a series of radial spaces, certain consecutive spaces of which have numerical indications of the days of the month as indicated at 141-; certainother consecutive divisions having therein indications of the months of the year as at 15, including additional designations for January and February as at 16,` enclosed within a border or otherwise distinguished as by means of printing in different colors, from the remaining dates, which are utilized in leap years. Certain other consecutive divisions or spaces of the radially divided field of the back plate around the dial have numerical designations of different years from 1 to 99 inclusive, grouped according to a prearranged plan in these spaces and including certain designations which are seen at 17 vand are enclosed in circles or borders or otherwise distinguished as by means of printing in different colors, from the re'- inainder of the year designations, for use in leapyears.

The exposed marginal portion 18 of the dial 10 has an annular series of'indicators including a main indicator inthe form of an arrow 19 and a series of indicators as for instance letters 20, the arrow and the letters being spaced from one another to accord with the spacing oaf-the divisions of the back plate, and inwardly beyond its border portion, opposite its several indicators and concealed from view by the front plate except through the sight apertures 21, 22 and 23 of the latter the dial 10 has designations 24 of the days of the week, repeated in order and -disposed opposite the several indicators of the dial.

The front plate 11 is stationarily held by virtue ofn diametrically opposed extensions* 25 connected by pins 26'beyond the periphery of the dial 10,1secured to the back plate 12, and this front plate and the back plate 12 are also provided with central bearings 27 for an axial shaft 28 to the latter of which the dial 10 is pinned at a point between the front and back plates, this shaft having a thumb wheel 29 forwardly of the front plate by manipulation' of which the dial 10 may be readily rotated in opposite directions.

The days of the month, the months and the years being thus exposed on the back plate, upon uniform radial divisions of the latter and separatelyupon arcuate portions thereof, it is quite obvious that the indicators of the dial may cooperate with any and all of the radial divisions of the back plate and it is thus obvious that the calendar including three sight openings in the front plate, has a period capacity of three hundred years, window 21 indicating days during'V the period 1732 to 1831 inclusive, window 22 indicating days of the period 1332 to 1931 inclusive and window 23 indicating week days of the period 1932 to 2031 inelusive.

The calendar finds its greatest use in determining the days of the week upon which any given date falls, that is any day of a given month in a given year between J anuary 1st, 1732, and December 31st, 2031. For

instance if it is desired to know the day of the week upon which January 20,1390 fell, the shaft 28 is first turned so that its arrow 19 points to the day of the month as in Figure 1. Then following the dial it will be found that the indicator E of the dial is opposite the month of January. The dial is then further turned in a clockwise direction until this indicator', letter E, is brought opposite to the year indication 90 as in Figure 7 when by reference to the sight opening or window 22 of the front plate which corresponds to the period in which 1890 occurred, it will be found that Sunday is exposed. At this date in January 26, 1790, the day of the week would have been Tuesday exposed through the window or sight opening 21 of the front plate while should the date have been in the year 1990 the proper day, Friday would have been exposed through the sight opening 23. The sight opening 21 is for the first of the three century periods above mentioned, sight opening 22 is for the second century period and sight opening 23 is for the third century period and it is quite obvious that the period capacity may be extended even beyond this, or decreased by the number of sight openings with which the front plate is perforated.

lnasniuch as the result shows in my iinproved calendar through the front plate 11, it is obvious that by a covering segment 30 forwardly of vthe front plate 11, the result is normally concealed from view. This covering segment, in the form of a curved strip, is centrally fixed upon one end of a supporting arm 31 loosely fulcrumed at approximately its center upon the forward portion of the shaft 28, the opposite or free end of the supporting arm 31 having an enlargement or weight 32. At its end vconnected to the segment 30, this supporting arm 31 has a coin pocket 33 which in the normal position is held by the weight 32 at the inner end of a coin chute 34. A coin placed in this chute runs downwardly through the same and into the coin pocket 33, thus overbalancing the supporting arm 31 so that the arm swings on its fulcrum, the covering segment or strip 30 moving downwardly until the sight openings 21, 22 and 23 have been lentirely uncovered and the result of previous manipulation of the dial is exposed to view through these openings. At its lowest point of movement, the coin cup discharges the coin and thereupon the covering segment swings back to its normal position covering the sight openings as seen in Fig ure 1. Over-swinging of the supporting arm 31 is prevented by means of stop lugs 35 and 36 mounted on the forward face of the front plate 11, the front surface of theI latter of which may also be utilized for the printing of instructions concerning the manipulation of the dial 10.

The device is preferably enclosed in a stand generally indicated at 37 having a base 3S capable of resting upon any suitable fiat support and having an upper circular flanged portion which forms the back plate 12 before described, and the flange 39 of which receives in telescoping relation a rim 40 constituting a holder for a glass or other transparent front 41. The rim 40 is preferably provided at opposite sides of the stand with bayonet slots 42 to cooperate with radially outstanding studs 43 of the back plate liange 39. Thus the rim 40 may be slight rotation relative to the back plate flange, be readily removed from the casing. Ait the lower portion of the upper casing of the stand, the back plate flange 39 and glass rim 40 are preferably apertured as at 44 in Figure 2 to permit the coins discharged from the main pocket 33 to find their way downwardly into the upright portion of the stanc 37, the latter of which may have a rear normally locked door 45 so that the coins may be removed from the stand from time to time.

For this reason it is essential that the glass holding rim 40 be normally locked against removal and I preferably accomplish this by providing the rim at its top with a staple 46 and by providing the back plate flange 39 with a hasp 47 at its top complementary to the staple so that the latter may receive a small hasp lock which is to be opened by authorized persons only K at such times as it may be necessary to enter the upper casing of the stand where the parts of the calendar itself are housed.

By reference to the front plate 11, an angular spring holder 48 will be noted, especially in Figures 1, 4 and 5, beneath which the supporting arm 31 of the covering strip or segment moves when the latter is shifted downwardly with a coin in its pocket 33, this bracket 48 acting as a clasp to resist return swinging movement of the supporting arm under the eect of its weight 32. Thus this spring clasp 48 has a tendency to slightly retard the return move ment of the supporting arm so that the results of the previous manipulation of the dial, exposed through the sight openings 2l, 22 and 23, will be in full view for an appreciable period ample to insure accurate reading of such results.

It is obvious certain changes may be made without departing from' the spirit of the in vention and in its interests. For instance the years may be numerically listed on the front plate 11 with the name oit a oo-lor opposite each year, and the year spaces, instead of having year designations, may be colored differently to accord with the colors of the above mentioned list. This will not only avoid the necessity of searching the year spaces for the desired year, but will also avoid the necessity vfor multiple sight openings as in my present arrangement.

It is obvious from the foregoing that my invention presents a calendar well adapted to coin control use as well as one which is unique from the standpoint of appearance as well as operation and utility.

I claim:

1. A calendar including a stationary back plate having a annular lield radially divided and provided with designations of the years, months and days of a month, a front plate spaced from the back plate and having a sight opening, and a dial rotatable between the `front and back plates having designations of the week days inwardly beyond theV periphery olf the front plate and arranged for exposure through said sight opening and having an annular marginal series of indicating elements cooperating with the divisions of the back plate.

2. A calendar including stationary connected front and back plates and a dial rotatable between the front and back plates, the back plate having a portion exposed around the dial provided with designations of the years, months and days of a month, the dial having a portion exposed around the front plate provided with a marginal series or indicating elements cooperating with the designations of the back plate and also having designations of the week days inwardly beyond the periphery of, and normally concealed by the front plate, and said front plate having a sight opening through which the said week day designations of the dial are exposed.

In testimony whereof I have afxed my signature.

RUSSELL C. LAPE. 

